Robert Wright

On stage 6 productions, 55 years

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Worked with more than once5 names

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Also credited on8 works

Song of Norway
Magdalena
Kismet
Kean
Grand Hotel
Anya
Gypsy Lady
Timbuktu!

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In the literature8 passages

• Lyrics and Music : Robert Wright, George Forrest, David Rose, Sammy Cahn, Al Rinker, Floyd Huddleston, M. K. Jerome, Jack Scholl, Barry Trivers, Vi Bradley, Leo Robin, Jack Elliott, Victor Young, Bob Hilliard, and Hal Borneebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Act One: “Another Op’nin’, Another Show” (Lillyan Brown, Singers, Dancers); “Why Can’t You Behave?” (Marilyn Day); “Wunderbar” (Robert Wright, Holly Harris); “So in Love” (Holly Harris); “We Open in Venice” (Robert Wright, Holly Harris, Marilyn Day, Frank Derbas); Dance (Dancers); “Tom, Dick or Harry” (Marilyn Day, Frank Derbas, Jim Howar…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Act Two: “Too Darn Hot” (Bobby Johnson, Charles Cook, Ernest Brown, Dancers); “Where Is the Life That Late I Led?” (Robert Wright); “Always True to You (in My Fashion)” (Marilyn Day); “Bianca” (Frank Derbas, Female Singers, Female Dancers); “So in Love” (reprise) (Robert Wright); “Brush Up Your Shakespeare” (Hank Henry, Sparky Kaye); “Pav…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Robert Wright and George Forrest adapted the music from themes of Alexander Borodin, and fashioned and reshaped his work into one of the theatre’s most glorious and ingratiating scores, a glittering rondelay of lush melody and appropriately (and purposely) romantic lyrics that capture the ironic spirit of the story and its caravan of over…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Cast : Donn (Don) (Donald) Driver (Jerry), Diana Drake (Joan), Fred Lightner (Willie), Paul Valentine (Clayton Harrison), Irra Petina (Lucy Vernay), Robert Wright (Murph), Toby Deane (Aggie July), Charles G. Martin (Miller), Jack Purcell (Waiter), Rene Miville (Waiter); Dancers: Jeanna Belkin, Lois Bewley, Sandy Bozoki, Diane Consoer, Pat…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Act One: “On with the Show” (Donn Driver, Diana Drake, Troupers); “Mr. Right” (Irra Petina); “Dynamic” (Irra Petina, Robert Wright); “Blue Sierras” (Toby Deane, Patrons); “No! No! No!” (Paul Valentine); “The Wide Open Spaces” (Paul Valentine, Toby Deane, Diana Drake, Donn Driver); “Gold Cannot Buy” (Townspeople); “Remember the Night” (Pau…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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